IIT Madras partners with Union govt. to enhance agricultural extension system
The Hindu
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is collaborating with the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on a project to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of agricultural extension system through digitalisation.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, is collaborating with the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on a project to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of agricultural extension system through digitalisation.
Vistaar (Virtually integrated system to access agricultural resources) is a pilot project wherein the institute’s expertise will be used. The centre for research on startups and risk financing and the startup it incubated, YNOS Venture Engine, have developed comprehensive information on the Indian startup landscape.
The institute and the agriculture ministry have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enrich the Vistaar platform with information about startups in agriculture and allied sectors. This will enable farmers and stakeholders in agriculture and allied sectors to be aware of the capabilities and offerings of startups.
A. Thillai Rajan, head of the centre and faculty in the department of management studies at the institute, said the platform had information about 12,000 startups that are connected to the agriculture and farming sectors. The collaboration would bring information within the easy reach of the farmer and contribute significantly to the effectiveness of extension services of the agriculture and farmer welfare department, he said.
Sameul Praveen Kumar, joint secretary (extension) in the ministry, said innovative technologies of agri-startups contribute to making agriculture sustainable and climate resilient. Hence, it is critical to connect the technology of agri-startups with farmers through extension from the perspective of access and adoption.
Farmers will also receive information about all the government schemes related to agriculture and allied sectors, including rural development.
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